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Respiratory terms
Respiratory diseases
Pulmonary Anatomy
Nursing Interventions
Breath Sounds
100
Difficult or labored respiration is known as THIS
What is dyspnea?
100
THIS is an acute viral infection of the respiratory tract caused by different viral strains.Symptoms include myalgia, fever, cough.
What is influenza?
100
Located at the top of the trachea, THIS is also called the “Adam’s apple”
What is larynx?
100
Nursing Diagnosis: Knowledge Deficit In providing patient education, the nurse instructs the patient to do THIS, using soap and water, as a common prevention measure
What is wash his/her hands frequently?
100
These lung sounds are associated with inflammation or infection of the small bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Fu1udzrTw
What are crackles?
200
THIS is a term for reduced oxygenation in arterial blood (reduced PaO2)
What is hypoxemia?
200
THIS inflammation and infection of the lung tissue is caused by microbial agents
What is pneumonia?
200
The left lung has two of THESE; The right lung has three.
What are the lung lobes?
200
Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Gas Exchange The nurse looks at the results of a procedure used to determine oxygenation status and acid/base balance in order to do THIS
What is monitor Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)?
200
These vesicular lung sounds indicate what? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjJ38jQ90lM
What are normal lung sounds?
300
THIS is the expectoration of blood from some part of the respiratory tract
What is hemoptysis?
300
THIS chronic inflammatory respiratory disease affecting the airways is characterized by coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and tachypnea.
What is asthma?
300
THIS lines the lung and thorax
What is pleura?
300
Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective Breathing Pattern THIS classification of medications is given to decrease airway resistance (i.e. Albuterol, Atrovent)
What are bronchodilators?
300
If you hear chest sound on the chest of your patient, what would you be concerned about ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokZ5sNt3fA
What is rhonchi?
400
The collapse or airless condition of the alveoli caused by hypoventilation, obstruction or compression is known as THIS
What is atelectasis?
400
THIS chronic bacterial infection spreads through the air and usually affects the lungs, although it can affect other organs in the body. A person with this infection often has no symptoms. With active disease symptoms include a cough that doesn’t go away, hemoptysis, fever, night sweats, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite.
What is tuberculosis?
400
O2 and CO2 exchange occurs HERE; secretes surfactant
What are alveoli?
400
Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for Infection THIS should be the first independent nursing intervention used in working with a patient strongly suspected of having an infectious respiratory disease
What is institute appropriate isolation precautions?
400
Abnormal high pitched musical breathing sound caused by blockage in the throat or larynx. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nfsxsaGmU
What is stridor?
500
Periods of hyperpnea interspersed with periods of apnea (often a sign of impending death) is known as THIS
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
500
In THIS chronic disease state, air flow is obstructed by emphysema, chronic bronchitis or both
What is COPD?
500
THIS passageway into and through the lungs, contains cilia and submucosal glands
What are the bronchi/bronchioles?
500
Nursing Diagnosis: Effective management of therapeutic regimen: Individual THIS is the term used when a nurse watches a patient swallow every dose of the prescribed medication
What is “directly observed therapy?” (DOT)
500
In order to better identify lung sounds, ask the patient to do what to see if they change in severity and location?
What is ask to cough?